Stefan Manz is Professor of Global History at Aston University, Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a visiting Research Associate at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.Panikos Panayi is Professor of European History at De Montfort University, Leicester. He is a Corresponding Member of the Institute for Migration and Intercultural Studies at the University of Osnabrück in Germany.

Manz and Panayi use meticulous and extensive archival research across global collections - in Germany, South Africa, and India, as well as the UK - to make a compelling case for the centrality of internment to the British Empire's warfare and security during this time of global conflict. An important modeling for historians of war, empire, and global histories alike.

• PART I: Internment in Historical and Global Perspective 1: Introduction 2: Internment in Historical and Global Perspective 3: The German Diaspora in the Empire 4: Global Germanophobia during Wartime: Public and State Responses 5: British Imperial Internment 6: The Extent and Nature of the Camp System PART II: Metropole and Territories 7: Great Britain 8: South Africa 9: India PART III: Life in the Camps 10: Knockaloe 11: Fort Napier 12: Ahmednagar PART IV: Conclusion 13: The Nature and Legacy of British Imperial Internment Appendix: Main Civilian Internment Camps in the British Empire

Stefan Manz is Professor of Global History at Aston University, Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a visiting Research Associate at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.Panikos Panayi is Professor of European History at De Montfort University, Leicester. He is a Corresponding Member of the Institute for Migration and Intercultural Studies at the University of Osnabrück in Germany.

Manz and Panayi use meticulous and extensive archival research across global collections - in Germany, South Africa, and India, as well as the UK - to make a compelling case for the centrality of internment to the British Empire's warfare and security during this time of global conflict. An important modeling for historians of war, empire, and global histories alike.

• PART I: Internment in Historical and Global Perspective 1: Introduction 2: Internment in Historical and Global Perspective 3: The German Diaspora in the Empire 4: Global Germanophobia during Wartime: Public and State Responses 5: British Imperial Internment 6: The Extent and Nature of the Camp System PART II: Metropole and Territories 7: Great Britain 8: South Africa 9: India PART III: Life in the Camps 10: Knockaloe 11: Fort Napier 12: Ahmednagar PART IV: Conclusion 13: The Nature and Legacy of British Imperial Internment Appendix: Main Civilian Internment Camps in the British Empire